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Use in varieties of Scots

parcel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 11.3 16.6 9.9 17.4 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3922 11 1 3 2 0
Number of authors26 15 7 1 2 1

Occurrences of parcel in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
tae parcel up fur profit on page 32

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'is in up tae his oxters wi a parcel o rogues. Everybody in the cl on page 228

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the wey o it. It is pairt an parcel o hou sae monie English fowk on page 79

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wis that Jamie gied Couttie a parcel o land in the very centre o t on page 18

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
better. Looks jist like a wee parcel... Christmas present. on page 67

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a butcher's parcel o counties and regions on page 70

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ore. Sister? If she’d bin a parcel the poastie wid’ve apologis
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
Sic a Parcel o Rogues!
dae is sneer at it. O whit a parcel o
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
signature Greggs puff pastry parcel, freshly baikit tae order an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"a butcher's parcel o countries an regions"
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
s didnae, but enough o’ the parcel o’ rogues what mak’ up ma
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
. She teuk a sari oot a paper parcel. “When you go home, you’r
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ss gin it didna hae its usual parcel o rogues walin its ain bits o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Thon Parcel o Rogues Says Naw Agane tae t
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
Knox, Jamie the Saxt, the ‘parcel o rogues’ in the Parliament
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@g_hibby tweeted
tweet, if ye dinnae mind?.. A parcel has been wrongly delivered to (2022) twitter link

@RickHJohnston tweeted
gland's province stands.. sic parcel o rogues in a nation! Maist k (2022) twitter link
and's province stands.. sic a parcel o rogues in a nation! Rabbie (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
at Johnson, Cummings and the parcel of spineless rogues in our Sc(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
s ken the legality o openin a parcel addressed tae yer hoose, but (2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
makin a £25 profit per food parcel. https://t.co/Bg3otnNrNU(2021) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
she gets passed aroon like a parcel. "Yer sister's really excitit on page 97

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the shop he gid - bit na His parcel wisna there ava He traced his on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
spairklin as ye unwrappit yer parcel an saa the gold waatch. on page 20

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
onie grippin the muckle great parcel ticht tae his breist.
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
I’ll be lucky to receive ma parcel the day wie coorse conditions
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ews paper deen up intae a wee parcel. Inside there wiz three plain
een the three cannels fae the parcel an put them oot as Beannie hi
e midnicht she opened the wee parcel she’d gotten fae Beannie an
3 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
rer winted ma signature for a parcel he wiz delivering for a couri(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
ine fin oor postie lobbed the parcel in the window left a ticket o(2020) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
is to expect. 'Am lippenan a parcel fae Amazon'....'Weel, I didn'(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ttin room, an Alexandra set a parcel ipo da table. on page 24

2 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
e. Twartree clicks an anidder parcel is headin wir wye. Hit laekly
1 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Hei said sorry am late. “Yir parcel aw stuck behind a pommel hors(2018) search twitter
wifes having an affair wi the parcel delivery driver the amount of(2020) search twitter